 People seek for what they call wit, on all subjects, and in all places ; not considering that nature loves truth so well, that it hardly ever admits of flourishing : conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty ; it is not only needless, but impairs what...  The Works of Alexander Pope: Letters - Страница 54по Alexander Pope - 1757Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Voice, J. E. - 1883 - 212 страници
...some good, the Latter following the former as surely as day follows night. — iR. Ellis. Conceit. Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty ; it is not only needless, but impairs what it would improve. — Pope. Conceit, as viewed by God. Nothing in men is... | |
 | Smith C. Ferguson, Emory Adams Allen - 1884 - 648 страници
...world. It is vanity drawn from all other shifts, and forced to appeal to itself for admiration. It is to nature what paint is to beauty ; it is not only needless, but it impairs what it would improve. He who gives himself airs of importance exhibits the... | |
 | Howard Williams, Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope - 1886 - 632 страници
...places ; not considering that Nature loves truth so well that it hardly ever admits of flourishing. Conceit is to Nature what paint is to Beauty : it is not only needless, but impairs what it would improve. There is a certain majesty in simplicity, which 1 Pope... | |
 | 1891 - 556 страници
...who gives himself airs of Importance exhibits the credentials of impotence. Lavater. INFLUENCE OP. Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty ; it is not only needless, but impairs what it would improve. Pope. NATURAL то HUMANITY. I say that conceit is just... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1892 - 316 страници
...no man so often as by Pope, and by Pope nowhere so often as in this poem." 1. Conceit. Affected wit. "Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is not only needless but impairs what it would improve." — Pope. 2. fit. Proper. " Fit audience find, though... | |
 | Maturin Murray Ballou - 1894 - 604 страници
...is vanity driven from all other shifts, and forced to appeal to itself for admiration. — Hazlitl. Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty ; it is not only needless, but impairs what it would improve. — Pope. I will not be as those who spend the day in... | |
 | Louis Klopsch - 1896 - 382 страници
...HAZLITT. The certain way to be cheated is to fancy one's self more cunning than others. — CHARRON. Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty ; it is not only needless, but impairs what it would improve. — POPE. Be very slow to believe that you are wiser than... | |
 | 1897 - 176 страници
...cannot delight in the sun. [4. Nature loves truth so well that it hardly ever admits of flourishing. Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is not only needless, but impairs what it would improve. 15. Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable, than... | |
 | Jeremiah Wesley Bray - 1898 - 364 страници
...necessity lead us to the grossest absurdities, and stillest pedantry and conceit. SHAFTESBURY, I., p. 202. Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty ; it is not only needless, but impairs what it would improve. 1706. POPE, VI., p. 51. Some to conceit alone their taste... | |
 | Abram N. Coleman - 1903 - 310 страници
...in the sun. Sir P. Sidney. 27. Nature loves truth so well that it hardly ever admits of flourishing. Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty ; it is not only needless, but impairs what it would improve. Pope. 28. Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable,... | |
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